Although it may seem quite the opposite, sometimes prepare a perfect getaway In a few days, it can be more difficult than doing it for a long trip. Having little time, it is advisable to plan all the details with time, if you do not want to take a last minute surprise, in addition to having your preferences clear, to fully enjoy the destination and the trip.
After our experience over the years, making many short-term trips to different places, we want to leave you a selection of those that are for us, the 10 tips to enjoy a perfect getaway.
1. Choose the destination
It is probably the most difficult point and choosing one among all the places in the world that you want to know is not always easy, right?
So that the chosen one is a perfect getaway, we advise you to start by assessing the time in which you want to travel. It is not the same to travel to Rome in the middle of August, when the heat will be unbearable, that to do it for example in October, when the temperatures are lower and you can take more advantage of the hours of sun, without running out under a scorching sun.
Once you have this clear, the next point would be to make a list based on the time available. We are talking about a perfect getaway and although these things are always very personal, there are destinations that fit much better is 2 days than others. And as they say, to show a button: Copenhagen is a perfect getaway for 2 days, not counting transfers, while for example Rome, although it is an incredible city, with 2 days, you would probably stay very fair and it is preferable to wait for have more time.
Copenhagen
2. Search for flights
Once you have the destination already decided, the next step to enjoy the perfect getaway is to look for the flight. In this case, we recommend you choose a search engine or Google Flights, a super useful tool with which you can see in a few seconds all the options of flights between two points.
As with search engines, you have round-trip, one-way or multi-destination options, to try different options, just like flexible dates.
Once you have found the one that best suits your needs, you just have to go to the airline's website and buy it!
From here, there is no turning back! The perfect getaway is already on the traveling horizon and noted on the calendar.
10 tips to enjoy a perfect getaway
3. Do not leave the accommodation for the last moment
On many occasions, we do not pay the necessary attention to accommodation, this being one of the most important points if you want to enjoy a perfect getaway.
In this case, we advise you to forget a little, as far as possible, the budget and opt for a central accommodation.
When you have a few days, there is nothing more comfortable than having a full accommodation within the city to move quickly and make the most of the time. If the price difference is not much, do not miss the opportunity!
Many times we do not take into account the extra expense of having to take transportation every day to move in addition to the time we invest. And in a perfect getaway, we cannot forget that time is money!
Tips to enjoy a perfect getaway
4. Travel Insurance
We know this topic is thorny. Going on a trip will stop giving us a supernatural force, which should never happen to us, and always return home safe and sound.
Unfortunately this is not always the case and sometimes, things do not go as we want and we suffer some setback. If this is a doctor, nothing better than having the best travel insurance to be calm and know that everything will be fine.
Travel insurance
This is equally important when we make a short-term getaway and even while in Europe, since we must be aware that the European Health Card does not include certain services such as repatriations. Therefore, we advise you to also consult the post on the best insurance in Europe and thus, have all the information to decide.
5. Reserve the rental car to enjoy a perfect getaway
We have always said that there is nothing comparable to the freedom of schedules and movements that gives you to have a rental car.
If you have decided to make a trip in which a route is included, having few days, nothing better than having a car to be able to fully enjoy the available hours, besides being able to stop where and when you want.
In addition, this is also applicable if you want to enjoy a perfect getaway through Spain, since many times we do not value them for being in our own country and that even, should make them more attractive.
Without going any further, for us a perfect getaway would be to go to Madrid, spend a couple of days there, and then rent a car for example with Grupo Velasco, which offers car rental Madrid in the short, medium and long term and also Every Wednesday they publish incredible offers for weekends, including the October Bridge that we have just around the corner, to from the capital, make a route through Toledo, Aranjuez, Alcalá de Henares and Segovia. Do you dare to this getaway in Spain?
Gran Vía of Madrid
6. Pack your bag with everything you need
To enjoy a perfect getaway is to know that you carry everything you need in the suitcase and for that, nothing better than to start doing it a couple of days before and always, with a list in which to cross out everything you are putting in.
Although we know that today in any place in the world you can find everything, it is also true that when you travel a few days, what you least want is to be looking for a store in which to buy what, by mistake, you left at home.
The same applies to chargers, adapters, batteries and various cables. The best, write everything down on a list and make sure that nothing important stays at home.
Baggage, one of the things that can not be missed in a perfect getaway
7. Search for information about the destination
Many times we launch ourselves into a new destination, without thinking or seeking information about it. Although we cannot deny that on many occasions improvisation is a great travel companion, knowing a little about the destination you are going to visit and the places you are going to know, is always a point in your favor. In this way you will save a lot of time and also, you will return from your trip, knowing that it has been the perfect getaway.
A good way to search for this information is through travel blogs, where you will find first-hand and nearby information.
Trastevere in Rome
8. Point out places to eat and get to know some dishes of the local cuisine
Eating is a real pleasure and that is not at odds with being on a trip. What's more, one of the best things you can do when you travel is to enjoy the local cuisine to delve deeper into the destination.
For that it is important to do a previous research work, that will take you to know a little the typical dishes and even some of the best restaurants of the destination, where you can taste them.
If you are one of those who enjoy sitting at the table, we assure you that this point will surely be one of the things you will enjoy most in your perfect getaway.
Pasta
9. Not wanting to see too much in a short time
Wanting to see many places and do many things is very common in a few days away. It seems that it is necessary to condense all the visits that we would do in a week in a couple of days, something that if you look at it with perspective, you will see that in addition to being practically impossible, the only thing that will get is to frustrate you and make when the trip ends, you realize that you've been up and down longer than seeing things.
We advise you to plan your route according to the time you have, adding only places that you know will give you time to know and above all, enjoy. Take it as a first contact, in addition to this way, you will also have the feeling that you must return and continue to know the city. Don't you think
Prague, one of the best getaways
10. Enjoy!
And last but not least, enjoy: Enjoy!
In the end it is the only thing that is. Travel to enjoy and above all, be HAPPY.
Santorini
** This article is written as part of a collaboration with Grupo Velasco, but always based on our experiences, with original content and without any brand having influenced us in any case.
